The Conquest of the Air
1931-12-01 | 71 minutes
Plot Summary
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
Cast
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Frederick CulleyRoger Bacon
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Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
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Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
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Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
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Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
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John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
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Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
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John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
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Charles FrendNarrator (voice)
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Edward Ashley(uncredited)
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Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
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Andrea ChecchiZoroastro (uncredited)
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